“Utilitarianism is not compatible with a religious approach to ethics” To what extent is this a fair statement? Ultimately utilitarianism is a way of improving the lives of most people‚ and religious ethics also aims to act out of compassion and love to improve the lives of others. For example‚ Christianity has certain rules that benefit those in society. We know that they work as many of those rules are tied in with the laws of the country. For instance‚ Murder and stealing are both illegal and
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equal in every way” with a similar situation. The author logically argues that institutions have the right to have certain admission standards‚ she also brings up a few concerns regarding the students. Although lacking unity and sufficient evidence‚ Ryan brings about a logical argument. In “we are not created equal in every way”‚ Joan Rayn (2000) upholds the right of institutions in setting admission standards‚ however she presents a pressing concern for current students. Firstly the author asserts
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of the biochemical produced a cure causing thousands of lives to be saved‚ then this may make him a good person. The result of this biochemical produced happiness for the masses by saving lives and curing disease. Considering the principle of utilitarianism is pleasure of the masses‚ the result of his actions would now be considered moral due to the amount of happiness that was produced. Although this may be a simple explanation of the scenario‚ other factors must be taken into account‚ such as
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Out of the 45 options‚ a co‐branding between Ryan Air and Bic would be most logical. Both brands have similar characteristics and an extraordinarily similar customer base. Other co‐branding possibilities could be Air France‐Bic‚ Coca‐cola – Burberry‚ Dove – Airfrance. The first has potential because both companies are French and have strong brand images. However‚ Air France does not match Bic’s customer base as well as Ryan Air does. Coca‐cola and Burberry both have rich histories and a strong
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Strategic Management Ryanair has grown to be the leading European low cost airline (Figure 1) since its foundation in 1985. This essay analyses a Ryanair case study (Durham University Business School case study) and seeks to assess Ryanair’s competitive strategy‚ success factors‚ distinctive capabilities
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analyse the future opportunities and threats which Ryanair is likely to face in currently and in the future. Ryan air have developed a cost focus strategy‚ where it focuses on reducing cost to obtain a competitive advantage. The following discussion will show just how efficient the company has implemented this strategy. 2. Introduction In 1985 Ryanair was established by the Ryan family to provide travelers an airline service from Dublin to the United Kingdom. Ryainair ’s strategic model was
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to others. A good state of affairs is based off of a matter of opinion. What some consider “good” affairs; others may consider “poor”. The statement‚ there is no single objective sense of a good state of affairs holds truth. Philippa Foot’s Utilitarianism and the Virtues states‚ “ It can never be right to prefer a worse state of affairs to a better” (198). Foot is correct‚ however‚ this statement doesn’t say what specifically would be considered worse or better. If Jenny‚ the green thumbed outdoors
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that this would be a more ethically defensible approach.” Choose one side of this argument and use a utilitarian framework to argue in favour‚ using the framework to show the weakness in the opposite view Introduction Utilitarianism is a justification for free-market capitalism. It is a moral perspective that aims to achieve the greatest social benefit net of social cost or‚ more express informally as “one that maximizes utility” Both shareholder and stakeholders are
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Utilitarianism is a moral theory that an action is morally right if that action produces the greatest of good and happiness for the most number of people. Therefore‚ one should act if and only if one’s action produce the greatest possible balance of good and happiness over bad and unhappiness. Being one of the method that people commonly use to decide the rightness and wrongness of an action‚ utilitarianism provides a clear guidelines of the determination an action’s rightness. In addition‚ utilitarianism
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“In the end utilitarianism is simply a moral justification for individual/group selfishness” Utilitarianism is a theory in which the quote by Jeremy Bentham applies “The greatest happiness to the greatest amount of people” which means that the best action is the one in which the most pleasure is given to the majority of people. The majority always wins rather than the minority and pleasure is the sole good whereas pain is the sole evil. On one hand this is classed as selfless as using utilitarianism
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